Royal Observer Corp Building

Location: Lexden Road, Colchester, Essex

Date: 1996

Situated on the corner of Lexden Road and West Lodge Road, this
Victorian House was dwarfed by a bomb proof bunker that occupied
nearly every inch of the site. Originally constructed as an
emergency command centre the very tight nature of the site combined
with the three foot thick walls meant that the demolition alone was
a huge job. Once the site was cleared the original house was
restored to an elegant family home and the adjoining plot was
developed with two new houses.